Raopura Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Gujarat State, India

Raopura
Constituency No. 144 for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Gujarat
District	Vadodara
LS constituency	Vadodara
Established	1972
Total electors	297,989^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Balkrushna Khanderao Shukla (Balu Shukla)
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Raopura is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.^[2]^[3] It is part of Vadodara district. Rajendra Trivedi A.K.A. Rajubhai Vakil was elected the MLA in the 2017 Vidhansabha elections. He is currently the Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,^[4]

Vadodara Taluka (Part) – Vadodara Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 1, 3, 8, Sama (OG) 14, Chhani (OG) 19.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
2002	Yogesh Patel^[5]	Bharatiya Janata Party
2007	Yogesh Patel^[5]
2012	Rajendra Trivedi^[5]
2017	Rajendra Trivedi^[5]
2022	Balkrushna Khanderao Shukla (Balu Shukla)

Election results

2022

Gujarat Assembly election, 2022: Raopura Assembly constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Balkrushna Khanderao Shukla (Balu Shukla)	119301	68.96
	INC	Patel Sanjaybhai Ishwarbhai Sp(sanjay Patel)	38266	22.12
	AAP	Hiren Rameshraoraje Shirke	10437	6.03
	NOTA	None of the Above	3183	1.84
Majority				46.84
Turnout
Registered electors			295,457	^[6]
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Raopura^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajendra Trivedi	107,225	58.64	-2.50
	INC	Chandrakant Shrivastava	70,529	38.57	+3.01
Majority				20.07
Turnout			1,82,846	66.87
	BJP hold		Swing

2012

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajendra Trivedi	99,263	61.14	-6.26
	INC	Jayesh Thakkar	57,728	35.56	+8.89
Majority			41,535	25.58	-15.15
Turnout			1,62,348	68.31
	BJP hold		Swing

2007

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yogesh Patel	87,589	67.40	-7.98
	INC	Dr. Purnima Mehta	34,666	26.67	+2.05
	NCP	Ashok Pawar	3,630	2.79	New
	BSP	Dinesh Patel	1,823	1.4	New
	IND	Prakash Shah (GEB)	1,527	1.17	New
	SHS	Nilesh Patel	726	0.56	New
Majority				40.73	-10.03
Turnout			1,29,961
	BJP hold		Swing

2002

Gujarat Assembly Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Yogesh Patel	95,863	75.38
	INC	Rameshbhai Ambalal Patel	31,309	24.62
Majority			41535	50.76
Turnout			1,04,193	64.29
	BJP hold		Swing

References

^ "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly constituency and Their Extent" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Delimitation Commission of India. 12 December 2006. pp. 2–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ "Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly constituency and Their Extent" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Delimitation Commission of India. 12 December 2006. pp. 2–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Gujarat General Legislative Election 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "Gujarat Legislative Elections". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.